Nick Ahmed

FPPG: 16.0  |  FanDuel Salary: $2,000
FPPG: 16.0  |  FanDuel Salary: $2,000

Nick Ahmed absent Thursday afternoon for Arizona

Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Nick Ahmed is not in the lineup for Thursday afternoon's series finale against right-hander Josiah Gray and the Washington Nationals.

What It Means:

Geraldo Perdomo will reclaim shortstop from Ahmed and hit eighth.

Per numberFire's MLB Heat Map, the Diamondbacks' implied total is 4.62 and the game total is 8.5. Gray has a career-best 3.09 ERA this season, but his 4.49 xERA is actually higher than last year (4.25). The 25-year-old is also on pace for career-worst strikeout (19.0%) and walk (11.4%) rates.